January 3-9; U.S. Admits Using Spies In Arms Inspection Team

United States officials acknowledged that American intelligence officers worked undercover on teams of United Nations Special Commission inspectors ferreting out secret Iraqi weapons programs.

They said American intelligence agencies provided electronic-eavesdropping equipment and secret information to the special commission.

In turn, they said, the United States received information on Iraqi weapons programs that the inspectors uncovered. Iraq has long accused the commission of being riddled with ''American spies and agents.'' TIM WEINER